A Spur Award–winning Author -- When his fellow U.S. Marshal Bill Tanner is found dead, Jack Slade picks up his trail, hot on a gang of moonshiners. A reformed drinker and gambler, Deputy U.S. Marshal Slade vows to uncover the truth behind Tanner's death and pull the plug on the bootleggers. But his pursuit of justice comes with a heavy price: Faith Connover, Slade's longtime love, makes arrangements to leave Oklahoma Territory and head east on a quest of her own.
